Wanlin Jiang is a an artist and printmaker based in London. She graduated from the Royal College of Art with a degree in Visual Communication in 2023. Wanlin initially gained attention with her collaborative project Plant Whisper, followed by a series called Plant Secrets. Her work focuses on the study of plants explored through the discipline of Visual Communication as a bridge to create meaningful connections between humans and nature.

She works across different media, ranging from installations, sculptures, sound design, people’s theatre, experimental videos, etchings, paintings, publications and more. She has received widespread press, multiple awards, and has painting and sculptural work in numerous private collections. She is co-founder of Plant Whisper Studio.


🌷 ARTIST STATEMENT

Nature and plants are my inspiration, mentors, confidants and soul mates. If you ask me what I really want to do before my death, I wouldn’t create any artwork. I just want to lie in a bed of plants in peace, listening deeply.

In my mind, creating artwork is not the most important drive. I just choose art as a medium to encounter the plants, to have a conversation, to grow, to become a better human and for us to live in harmony together.


📣 CLIENT

Artsy; Vogue+ China; Kinfolk China; White Noise; Iklectik; abC Art Book Fair; Taoxichuan Art Center; Jingdezhen Taoxichuan Glass Studio; Hangzhou OoEli; Beijing Quanyechang Cultural Arts Center; Cheung Kong School of Art & Design's Museum; Cloud Mountain Biodiversity Conservation and Research Center; Chengdu Happiness Commune Real Estate Development Co.,Ltd; 


📮 CONTACT

E-mail: iamwanlinjiang@gmail.com
Instagram: @wanlin.j


📚 EDUCATION

2023 - Present. Training: Letter Press, Making Books, London Centre for Book Arts, London, UK
                                           Etching, Royal Drawing School, London, UK
                                           Screen Printing, Collagraph and Carborundum, East London Printmaker, London, UK
                                           Stone Lithography, Oaks Editions, London, UK

2020 - 2023. M.A. Visual Communication, Royal College of Art, London, UK


💼 WORK

2024. Artist-in-Residence, Echoes of Gushi, Fujiang, PRC (upcoming)
2022. Artist-in-Residence, Taoxichuan Glass Studio, Jingdezhen, PRC
2021 - Present. Co-founder. Plant Whisper Studio, London, UK
2019. Researcher & Designer, Cloud Mountain Biodiversity Conservation and Research Center, Yunnan, PRC


🏆 AWARD

2022. Graduate Award, CAS Open Open 2023 Exhibition, Chapel Arts Studios, Andover, UK
2018. Excellence Award, 1st Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area College Animation and Digital Media Creative Competition, PRC
2018. Honorable Mention, Kan Tai-Keung Design Contest, PRC
2017. Bronze Award, CGDA2017 Graphic Design Academy Award, PRC
2016. China National Scholarship, Chinese Government, PRC


🎞 EXHIBITIONS

2024
2024 GAS Virtual Film Festival, Online
Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair 2024, London, UK
Festival of Print, East London Printmaker Exhibition 2024, The Art Pavilion, Mile End Park, London, UK
Soplo, the Link and Generation between Artists and Glass Materials, Taoxichuan Glass Studio, Jingdezhen, PRC

2023
Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair 2023, London, UK
Vanke Botanical Garden Exhibition Series - Plant Archives, China Vanke Co., Ltd, Shanghai, PRC
Shape & Context, Chapel Arts Studios, Andover, UK
RCA 2023 Show, Truman Brewery, London, UK
RCASU Enviromental Sustainability Exhibition, RCA Kensington, London, UK
CAS Open Open Exhibition, St Mary's Chapel, Andover, UK
Canal Dream Art Festival, London Regent's Canal, London, UK
RCA WIP Show 2023, RCA White City, London, UK

2022
White Noise 42rd Edition, Iklectik, London, UK
Plant Whisper · abC · Hangzhou 2022, OoEli, Hangzhou, PRC
Plant Whisper · abC · Beijing 2022, Beijing Quanyechang Cultural Arts Center, Beijing, PRC
RCA Graduate Show 2022, RCA Battersea, London, UK
Preserved Fresh Flower, Abandoned Ceramic Factory, Jingdezhen, PRC
Plant Whisper · Taoxichuan Glass Studio 2022, Overpass Tree of Taoxichuan, Jingdezhen, PRC
RCA WIP Show 2022, RCA White City, London, UK

2021
What We Talk About, Online
2020
Kan Tai-Keung Design Award Exhibition, Cheung Kong School of Art & Design's Museum, Guangdong, PRC
Beijing Design Week, Beijing, PRC


🔮 MEMBERSHIP

East London Printmaker, London, UK
Chapel Arts Studios, Andover, UK


🎤 SPEECH

2022. Plant Whisper: A Multi-media Journey to Decode the Language of Plants, Beijing Quanyechang Cultural Arts Center 4F Talk Stage, Beijing, PRC
2022. Taoxichuan Art Centre · International Education Online Lecture X Wanlin Jiang: Exchanging ‘Secrets’ with Plants, Jingdezhen, PRC


📜 SELECTED PRESS

Artsy, Curated Hang at Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair 2023, November 2023, UK
Kinfolk, Everyone Deserves a Garden Vol.3 Plants Are Whispering, December 2022, PRC
Vogue+ China, TGIF Cool Kids, June 2022, PRC
Wild Art Dinner, November 2021, PRC